Is it possible that no others care?

In 1976 I played the role of John Adams in a local production of the Broadway musical 1776. This is the story of the American revolution, and midway through the show the character of John Adams sings a powerful song in which the following lines appear:

“Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?”

I remember when I sang those lines before audiences of hundreds how moved I was at the plaintive cry of the man who spearheaded a revolution that would eventually change the lives of millions. What I could never have known is how I, myself, would find those lines…

…holding uncanny significance in my own life nearly 40 year later.

Today I find myself asking the same questions that the character I portrayed in a stage play nearly half a century ago called out to the ether:

Is anybody there? Does anybody care? Does anybody see what I see?

On the 12th of April — just a few days ago — I invited all of the wonderful participants in The Evolution Revolution to join me in a dramatic, action-oriented outreach that could double our membership virtually overnight. I asked if each of us could recruit just one new person to join with us in a mission to alter the face of the world, bringing the possibility of peace at last to our planet by creating a revolutionary change in our collective beliefs.

I reasoned that if each of our (then) 3,989 or so members could share our goal with just a handful of their friends and family members, surely we could turn 4,000 names into 8,000 names on our Registered Member rolls in the blink of an eye.

To me this seemed like a relatively simple task; an easily obtainable goal. For some of us, it would mean simply talking about it to a person across our dinner table, or across the pillow. Others of us might find themselves reaching out to their adult children, or their extended family, or personal friends, or close colleagues at work. But surely it would not be difficult to find at least one other person who thinks as we do, who shares our commitment to personal, spiritual, and global evolution, and who would be willing to stand with us in moving forward what would certainly be seen as one of humanity’s most important agendas.

Yet it appears that under a dozen people out of nearly 4,000 have been able to generate this outcome; have been able to produce even one other person in their coterie of family and friends who would stand with them in this global movement.

Now mind you, I am not making anyone ‘wrong’ here. I put that in boldface type so no one could miss it. This is not about suggesting anything negative about any one of our current registered members. Rather, it is about registering my shock that so few other people seem to care about their own personal evolution and the evolution of our species — or, perhaps more tellingly, seem to feel that an outreach like The Evolution Revolution can do much to assist in either process.

One person posted on the EvoRevo Facebook page that she had contacted 15 friends and family, and that many said that would do what they could to assist her in this new interest and endeavor of hers, but that they did not wish to sign up as registered members, preferring to remain anonymous.

Reading this I posted the following response…

“Thank you for sharing about what your 15 friends and family members have said about preferring to remain anonymous. You may wish to remind them of this: All it takes for the world to lose its struggle for peace, justice, kindness and love is for a few good people to say nothing out loud. Anonymity is the enemy of change. Only voices that can be identified can expect to be heard. And only voices that can be heard can expect to have any power.”

The idea behind doubling our numbers is to double our impact. If The Evolution Revolution can present itself to the world as a Social/Spiritual Activism Outreach with a large number of members around the world, its voice will be heard.

Is it possible that less than a dozen people out of nearly 4,000 could find one other person who agrees with the purpose and the potential of The Evolution Revolution sufficiently that they might be inspired to join us in our intention? Or that only 12 people out of all the people that we jointly know have the personal courage to not require anonymity in order to help create an Evolution Revolution on our planet?

If that is true, it says all we need to know about how and why this world has found itself in the state that it’s in today. And we might as well close up shop, yes?

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Hi Neale. No, it is not possible, that others do not care. A few give a “sh…”, but most people do care. I feel, they just do not know exactly, how to proceed/continue. It’s quite nice, that there are so many places to be in touch with evorevo. Different facebookgroups, we have action and offers in humanity’s team, we have “theglobalconversation.com”, we have your books, study groups CwG, I even noticed, that there are conference calls about “happier as God”, and we have “the Storm before the calm” study-groups. If someone like me (I am able to set my priorities as I wish, since I am selfemployed and almost free to decide about my time) had difficulties to find the orientation….how is it for others which still have to deal with their daily life or maybe struggle? I found out a solution for me.
I do it like on the cruise ship, where I was with my team of 17 people. Whats app did not work and to find them amongst 1500 others without running around all 12 decks I developed a game. I used the elevator and drove around. Up and down, looking out at times and glimpsed someone, left the elevator, he had the information about where some of the others where and so the info went around fast. In evorevo that means for me, get the overview, have in mind a few goals of your intention, try to make a roadmap which shows everybody, who is interested to be active to see clear and also find his part to act. Maybe I just created my job as coordinatior for message delivery myself LOL – I would also see, that through my international contacts while travelling around the globe from 1984 until 1998, I find people from other nationalitys to translate the most important parts, so this will be not mainly in english available but french, italian, spanish, turkish, russian, chinese, japanese and more.
I would leave my suggestions also adressed to Nannette Kennedy or Angelika Lanbin, if there is a roadmap, so everybody has it more easy to find his way through. Hope that is a good and helpful idea, anyway its the best I have to deliver this morning.
I have different goals of you in mind.
1. 8000 over night
2. 10 000 until june 2015
3. 250 Millions in the next 2-5 years. (you wrote that in 2011) – I fokus on the 5. Awakening
Day to be trough….
4. 100 study/action groups worldwide (date????) I believe it was End of 2015

Furthermore there is somewhere a corner to collect ideas. I am not sure now, where it is. I will find it back. For the german speaking ones it is for sure on our forum. Ideas for the 2. Awakening Day, Ideas for the monthly Awakening Day, ideas for every day.
I will start may 12th with a skype meeting in german for interested ones to set up study groups with the skript of you. We (Alexander Krahn and me) will do that even twice a month, just to start with regular groups.) The intention is to empower people to make their own groups on a regular basis.

So Neale, I m not sure, if I remembered everything…no, hold on, there was something more.
Unfortunately I could not attend the leadership call on sunday. I was in an important team meeting after our cruise. That is financially my future, so I had this priority. In the evening, while watching a bit TV, which normaly don’t happen, since I even have no TV, I got ideas and was surprised, that those ideas was discussed at the call LOL – I listened to it tuesday. I think it is great to have a little catching slogan and text, which we can send to people, which have a lot of contacts. Russel Brand, who just published the book “Revolution” was on TV that night. Nannette or someone mentioned him. Also, that it will be great to send those people something, many of us at many moments, so that they will see, WE ARE HERE….
One thing surprises me though – 100 000 members of humanity’ team: What stopp them to register at evolutionrevolution? If they register within week, that would be great!!!!!!
Ok, that was it for now.
One more thing I learned: it helpful to fokus on the END GOAL. Then life reacts in a different way. Energie follows the intention!!!!! Everybody should know that, its just to live it!
And once you DECIDE for it, wonderful thing happen. Like miracle! I tried it!
ONE LOVE and have a great time Neale! How far are you from Chicago???Would be very nice to meet for a cup of coffee….I visit my dad this year, he will be 80 the 22nd of july. Last time I visited, I left Jamaica after 5 years, he was 60. So I will spend 3 weeks with him. Have fun, be happy, don’t worry….Yours, Marion Johnson, Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, Germany

Hi Neale, I live in Mexico City, and one of the barriers I am facing is the language. I used to think that almost everybody speak English, but I am wrong. Although I have shared your message in Spanish, to join this community they need to know English. Let me tell you that one of my Friends have a group that every Tuesday night read something of your CWG books and share their oppinions and they are totally connected with your concepts. Sometimes, when I am available I translate them some of the things you share in your page, calls or email with us, by the way, I follow you as much as I can. Thank you very much for all your efforts, from here I will support you with all muy heart, because nothing will stop us of spreading the wave, we are just beginning.
Blessings and love to you and everyone in this community.

I also think that part of the issue is people’s aversion to the word “God” based on childhood issues and religious group experiences. I had to overcome this myself, and prefer the generic term “source,” as some people even have an issue with the word “spirit,” along with any word that Fundamental Christianity has claimed. That has been a hard one for me and took years to not automatically have aversion to it due to being banned from a fundamental baptist church as a child. Just a thought of why some people might be reluctant to join. I find that even self-proclaimed atheists aren’t really “atheists,” as they often relate to “the underlying force of the universe,” or “force of nature,” or whatever term they find they are comfortable with. Loaded terms can often be an issue because of the reaction it brings up, even if the intention and meaning are not what they are interpreting at all.

Neale! Here’s something for you that may give some clue to the way forward for Evolution Revolution and our general approach. I just read something that immediately reminded me of this post and our general effort and the direction we are working towards. And I shared the following text on our facebook comments section under the post where Nannette has shared this thread and realised that I must share it here more importantly. So here it is for you, and for all of our global family members:

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Hello All, I just read this and I’d like to share it in relation to all we’re doing and all we shall do:

“Despite current ads and slogans, the world doesn’t change one person at a time. It changes as networks of relationships form among people who discover they share a common cause and vision of what’s possible. This is good news for those of us intent on changing the world and creating a positive future. Rather than worry about critical mass, our work is to foster critical connections. We don’t need to convince large numbers of people to change; instead, we need to connect with kindred spirits. Through these relationships, we will develop the new knowledge, practices, courage, and commitment that lead to broad-based change.

But networks aren’t the whole story. As networks grow and transform into active, working communities of practice, we discover how Life truly changes, which is through emergence. When separate, local efforts connect with each other as networks, then strengthen as communities of practice, suddenly and surprisingly a new system emerges at a greater level of scale. This system of influence possesses qualities and capacities that were unknown in the individuals. It isn’t that they were hidden; they simply don’t exist until the system emerges. They are properties of the system, not the individual, but once there, individuals possess them. And the system that emerges always possesses greater power and influence than is possible through planned, incremental change. Emergence is how Life creates radical change and takes things to scale.”

May I also add that I’ve been feeling (and have shared it earlier too) how within ourselves first, we must strengthen the bonds we share. I mean, there’s a reason why our members are not that active right? So, how can we know? This could be an assumption but I believe everyone is facing critical personal challenges and may be feeling quite alone too in their difiiculties; my question is: IS IT POSSIBLE FOR EVOREVO TO BE A PLACE where we can come together and share our VERY REAL challenges and work with each other in living them through heartfully? What do you say? I would love it if we can ACTUALLY (and we are very well placed for that) make this space a space where all of us can practice being part of a GLOBAL EARTH FAMILY, and we have a phrase here in India for this: Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam and it’s something I truly believe in and work towards day in and day out. So, my lovely global family members! What do ya’ll say?! How can we make each other feel at home on earth? And how can we allow the best of each other to shine forth and support each other on our respective unique paths in comradeship?
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So, that was that. I feel we shouldn’t get discouraged if we’re not making the numbers. The more crucial portion is how are we making the current members feel at home? How can we make this family worth being a part of and worth rooting for?

This is all I have for now. And Neale, your courage in sharing words of truth through yourself is what has brought all of us together right? So how can we cultivate that spirit in our family? Should we perhaps find ways to do that?

#Marinating and looking forward to pitches from everyone!
Lots of love,
Reema

Reema. You find very fine words to express the situation and Neale said in one conference call: We must strenghten US…I feel very comfortable about this movement and it is in my heart. I feel, everybody will integrate this opportunity the way, it fits comfortable in his life. And I remember, if you desperatly WANT something, you express, that it is missing so it will contuinue be missing….I already feel the way very often, how it feels, when we reached the goal. When I am outside, I see, how people react on me, even they do not know me. I feel splendid, and it seems to show…and make people feel comfortable, so it is very easy to come into conversation about whatever. Once that start, I come to the point. We are the change…..I am glad, that after 21 years I am able to live from my soul again and collected a lot of experience and feel ready to start something huge….Greetings to India! Marion Johnson

Oh so glad am I to see this 🙂 Live like your wishes are fulfilled and they will be eh AND yes, we must strengthen US. Well said: ” I feel, everybody will integrate this opportunity the way, it fits comfortable in his life.” <3 Greetings from India!!

If you look in the menu (three lines at top right of page), there is a Forum set up where we can post to get to know each other, share ideas, and just generally interact. I’ve posted my Introduction there already, and would love to see others besides Angelika and myself there.

We should not close shop. Lets not be discouraged by the numbers. I have realised that the Gospel we are spreading moves well in a conversation. So I take up every opportunity while talking to my friends to bring in the Great WHAT IF questions and often I see my friends really thinking about them. I intentionally leave a copy of the 1000 words in a restaurant or Church or any where. In fact I am still printing out these words for this purpose. This spreads the awareness in people’s minds and makes the ground more fertile for the new spirituality. Wish you Love every one. Richard from Kampala.

Hi all…especially to Neale.Here in South Africa we have a saying…”How do you eat an elephant?….bite by bite”
Accordi g to Gregg Braden (Divine Matrix,Deep Truth etc) scientists have found that the critical mass we need in any group to change the conciousness of that group is the square root of 1% of that group.Thus if that target is reached, a real momentum will start escalating on itself.
Now…if the worlds population is roughly 7billion at present….this would mean we need 8367 people worldwide of the same consciousness to creat a critical mass ,which is roughly in line with Neale”s target.
So how do eat a elephant.I think I am going to set smaller targets.To change South Africa(60 million) we need 775 people.To change my province Gauteng (13.5 mil) we need 368,to change my metro city Tshwane (3.5 mil) we need 188..to change my town Centurion (4 mil) we need 64!!!
So personally…I am going to target my town and my commu ity first.How can there not be 64 people that will be devoted in their consciuosness to want to change our circumstances…and thereby everyone elses, for the better?
We can never give up on this dream….for then we give up on WHO WE REALLY ARE ALLREADY.
Blessings out of Africa.

We don’t need to close up shop; that’d be demeaning of the few that are a part of it X(
We just need to find a way to be welcoming with no-strings attached and inspiring people from within to start opening up to the worlds around them and soon, we’ll find all of us together in this. Gently and subtly. I’m onto it and I’ll share more as moments allow. Neale, YOU’d better not give up -_- Else, I’d have to especially come there and pull you outta it <3 Patienza my friend!

I am under the impression there is a lot of resistance to change rather than just apathy going around.
Like “yes I want the world to change, but if MY world changes, what will I lose?”
So if I outreach to my friends will I lose them?
At any rate, while we want “the world” as an abstraction to change, while keeping MY world the same, there won’t be much changing as the whole my versus some other world concept is deviated from God.
How many people can ww find that can really move past this concept?
Maybe they are hard to find, but it must be over a few dozen.

Blanca, if you live that way yourself, you will attract them. If you are really able to live it, no matter what, you get magnetic. Maybe you loose some “friends” for a time. Just let them go. They will come again, if you are destinated! That was my experience. And many others, new friends appear, out of the blue. That feels so fantastic and is worth every price you pay….

I get frustrated, too… I emailed many people, and some were ones that said they were committed to a new paradigm, people that I met through an experiential weekend workshop called “The Work that Reconnects” ) http://workthatreconnects.org/ This seemed so profound, and this theme has come up over and over again for me in many forms just over the last couple of months. This particular group spent the whole weekend talking about just this type of thing, so I thought they would so be on board with something that is approaching the same issue. I was so disappointed that no one responded. I sent them all the stuff on the “500 words” day thinking that this group already committed to a new future, so they would be on board. It saddens me, too, and I get frustrated as well.

This being said, I think part of it is the difference between being ready to step out and commit to your own actions, as opposed to following a workshop where you can agree and get excited, but someone else is leading… and then you leave and go about your life.

I’m not sure exactly what it is, but I do think the time has come. I have had this exact theme pop up in several different forms over the last couple months, and was exploring this whole concept very intently when I found out about this group. I feel all these things coming together at the same time are happening for a reason. There are different little groups, and it seemed to me that maybe this group would be a way to join up all the little groups. I still think that.

I think we have to just keep trying. I have no doubt that may people are thinking the same way. This is a great way to link all of these things. Maybe it is that, with social media, people don’t take web groups seriously? I am not sure. I know that this is so very important. Somehow, we just have to all hold the intention, and IT WILL MANIFEST. We just have to not get frustrated, and not be too attached to how it will look, how fast it will happen, or the disappointment lowers our own vibration. It’s hard to keep that up…

On the other hand, if humanity goes extinct, I sure hope it happens while there are still other species left to repopulate this beautiful planet! If we can’t create the solution, we don’t deserve to be here!

I do think all of these people care. I am not sure where the disconnect is coming from.

And this site is way more anonymous than Facebook, which so many people are on. Here we can’t even put on our picture (that I can see), and no one has to put their last name (or even their real name) publicly. Same way to sign up… email address… I’m sure they do that on a million sites. I think it is an excuse, and not a valid one. But they more people sign up, the more will continue to do so. Facebook took awhile before people trusted it (some still don’t, but it has grown by leaps and bounds). So the anonymity excuse just doesn’t fly!

I just don’t see where to upload it on my profile to this group… don’t want it attached to the global wordsmith page or following me all over the net, but I am fine with removing anonymity in THIS group. One the “update your profile” page there is no link to upload a picture (or a gravitar either if I made one).

it is not possible to upload a picture or any other kind of file to this website. The gravatar will appear automatically after you have set it up. That’s the idea of a gravatar that you only have to upload once.

Hi Tina,
You are able to upload a photo onto your profile on this website. If you need help, you can contact our webmaster, Angelika. She can be reached at angelika@lanbin.de Also, I applaud all of your energetic and heartfelt efforts to help spread the word.

I also think that part of the issue is people’s aversion to the word “God” based on childhood issues and religious group experiences. I had to overcome this myself, and prefer the generic term “source,” as some people even have an issue with the word “spirit,” along with any word that Fundamental Christianity has claimed. That has been a hard one for me and took years to not automatically have aversion to it due to being banned from a fundamental baptist church as a child. Just a thought of why some people might be reluctant to join. I find that even self-proclaimed atheists aren’t really “atheists,” as they often relate to “the underlying force of the universe,” or “force of nature,” or whatever term they find they are comfortable with. Loaded terms can often be an issue because of the reaction it brings up, even if the intention and meaning are not what they are interpreting at all.

Hi Tina, I think, its a good idea, to join the facebook group EvolutionRevolution “I’m in ” and get in touch with someone, who seems matching with you. You might find him here again or invite him, to be here as well. Thats maybe the place, where we get to know each other better, while we are about, to form GlobalEarthFamily….in facebook it is more to wellcome new members and also from time to time, people share things or post something, while reading through the comments, you might want to get in touch with someone. Nannette Kennedy suggested more times, to send friendship requests to each other, so you automatically get to see, what the people share and also get the chance to know them. I feel it’s a process, which started here and is just about, to form until everybody see his part and how he is going to integrate evorevo into his life. I hope, you feel a little better! Marion J.

“I feel all these things coming together at the same time are happening for a reason. There are different little groups, and it seemed to me that maybe this group would be a way to join up all the little groups. I still think that.” WELL SAID! And for that to happen, we’d have to find a way to make this sound like it is about the world and not just the group we have made because people tend to shy away from joining groups and since most are already a part of other groups, it’s all the more difficult to make them see that this is about life on earth, about humanity; not just about this group or that. Thank you for this line, it very well expresses what Evo Revo is about and I will find a way to include this in the texts we share. Lots of love, simply Keep ON!

Dear Tina,
From my experience, there are many people out there who want a new paradigm. They only choose some other way to get there. The consciousness is just that: the consciousness. So whether someone chooses our way – or rather another – as long as the goal is the same, I personally think it´s not a problem at all. Don´t despair. Remember: Ours is not a better way, it´s simply another way. 😉

I agree with Obi. Nothing can stop this wave of positive change on this beloved planet named Earth. Change is happening and more and more folks are stepping into their own unique light and refusing to allow shadows of dominion to hide their unique expression of Eternal Love.

In all honesty on a few occasions I had watched the numbers climb slowly and had thoughts regarding closing shop too. The only problem with those two or three instances that these thoughts crossed my mind is that they left me with feelings of deep despair about the state of the world that my beautiful nephews will be forced to grow up in, and with infinite gratitude to God I’ve managed to re-centre my focus in to ways in which this movement will turn in to what I believe it is to become.

On Sunday’s conference call there were lots of great ideas shared, and one that I really like in particular was something incredibly simple, but I feel will be highly effective, and that is creating a name and email collection form that we can print and take to any events where like minded individuals attend. I like this idea because I have asked many to sign up and a couple of them have, but many have just said they would but have not, so I thought if I have a form with me ready to take names and emails… Well I tested it today and found it be quite effective. I made a make shift hand written one this evening and collected 12 names and emails. I will enter them all to the evo revo site soon after I finish typing this. I am attending another four events this month so I am hoping for similar or better numbers. Even if just the twenty or so new co-ordinators did the same we could be looking at approximately 500-1000 new members by the end of April alone. I know that won’t make up the 8000 we had our sites set on, however I have a vision of 10,000 by the end of May, and as I type these words I wholeheartedly believe this to be achievable.

I am seeing the shift occur, and Neale I know that you know better than anyone that – Shift Happens 🙂 I want to thank you for creating this movement in the first place, I feel truly blessed to be a part of it and I remain excited to see where we are at the end of May. Love and blessings. Mike

I agree with Michele , I also do see this as a steady flowing stream! I emailed 17 potential future members on the 12th, I know at least some of them will join or have joined! and last Sunday i handed out the “1000 words” document to 13 people & 1 person scanned the document and said it was full of love & hugged me,plus the day before yesterday i posted the “Oneness Declaration” and 8 people signed so far, I believe we are in progress, slowly but surely…we just need to give this time.. I know it’s frustrating sometimes, i get frustrated too when people are passive and don’t see things like I do but I have to be patient and trust in the process. Love, Blessings & hugs to all <3

On April 12, I emailed several facebook friends and know for sure that at least two of them registered. Having said this, I remember sometime last week in my morning,”I believe God wants you to know…” email from Neale, reading a quote about how nature works at its own pace, and how we could benefit from an understanding of Divine timing in our own lives, by ‘not pushing the river.’ I am an active member of the Evolution Revolution. I’m in for the long haul, and I do visualize the growth of this movement. I also wonder whether The Evolution Revolution could benefit more if we think in terms of steady growth, like a steady flowing stream, as opposed to a burst? To me, this feels right. Perhaps reaching out to the individual members of the various Humanity’s Team fan page(s),via individual facebook email messages, is one thing we might also do to help boost our results.

No, sir! I do not agree and I know this is not what you really believe.
I understand your frustration and me too, I get frustrated when I see people around me who share our beliefs but are unwilling to act on them.
It is a matter of time and persistance as is said also in the same fb thread you are mentioning. People need to see a message many times to get it and they need to overcome a lot of fears to become an activist.
I think we should really concentrate on reaching out to the people that already share our beliefs and we should be a model for them. We are Humanitys Teams Action Group. We already have the numbers from the followers of HT worldwide and the people that signed the Declaration of Oneness. I see the 4.000 people here all as the leaders of this revolution – and the rest will follow!

Thanks, Marilyn! you have said “I think we should really concentrate on reaching out to the people that already share our beliefs…” And that, of course, has been my suggestion from the very beginning. I’ve said that this could be “a person across our dinner table, or across the pillow. Others of us might find themselves reaching out to their adult children, or their extended family, or personal friends, or close colleagues at work.” So I think I’ve said the same thing that you’ve said — and I therefore agree with you!! ;o)

I’m not sure we should have to wait until someone sees our invitation for members “70 times” before we can hope to see a response, as one person posting on FB suggested, but I do understand that — even though it COULD — it is probably not GOING TO “happen overnight.” So I’ll wait a few hours more…

I haven’t been keeping up with this site as i had complicated neck surgery and then more complications since then. However, for a brief time that I can sit up I am checking in to my computer. I am sad to see this post, but not surprised. What a huge plan this was!! If only it was possible. People are so ingrained in their beliefs, and “religion” is one of those things that people have a hard time discussing, and an even harder time, taking the time, to delve into why they believe as they do. They just go along blindedly living day to day. “What a wonderful world it would be” are the lyrics that come to my mind if indeed we could influence others to get involved in the Evolution Revolution. That’s it for now. One person at a time…just keep trying.